1 kwabaseKorinte 5:1-13

Kuyazwakala ukuthi kukhona ubufebe phakathi kwenu; Kepha nina nizikhukhumezile, kunalokho alililanga, ukuze asuswe phakathi kwenu owenze lesi senzo. Ngokuba mina, njengokuba ngingekho ngomzimba, kepha ngikhona ngomoya, sengahlulele owenze lesisenzo njengokungathi ngikhona; Egameni leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, nxa nibuthene nomoya wami namandla eNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, ukunikela onjalo kuSathane ukuze kubhujiswe inyama, ukuze umoya usindiswe ngosuku lweNkosi uJesu. Ukuzigqaja kwenu akukuhle. Anazi yini ukuthi imvubelo encane ibilisa inhlama yonke na? Khiphani imvubelo endala, ukuze nibe yinhlama entsha, njengalokhu ningabangenamvubelo. Ngokuba iphasika lethu lihlatshelwe uKristu; Ngakho-ke kasiwugcineni umkhosi, kungabi ngemvubelo endala, kungabi ngemvubelo yobubi nokubi; kodwa ngesinkwa esingelamvubelo sobuqotho leqiniso. Ngalibhalela encwadini ukuthi lingahlangani leziphingi; Kodwa kungeyisikho kanye leziphingi zalumhlaba, kumbe labahahayo, labaphangi, loba abakhonza izithombe; ngokuba uma kunjalo nimelwe ukuphuma emhlabeni. Kodwa khathesi-ke ngilibhalela ukuthi lingahlangani loba ngubani othiwa ungumzalwane eyisifebe, kumbe isihwaba, kumbe okhonza izithombe, kumbe isithuki, kumbe isidakwa, kumbe umphangi; onjalo lingadli. Ngokuba nginamsebenzi muni ukuba ngahlulele nabangaphandle na? Anibahluleli yini abangaphakathi na? Kodwa uNkulunkulu uyabahlulela abangaphandle. Ngakho susani phakathi kwenu lowomuntu omubi.